Family Law

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Dallas Cowboys WR makes plea to prosecutors, not to pursue charges.

Des Bryant former Oklahoma State WR and all around freak athlete finds himself in a courtroom again. We have all heard about the Lil Wayne fight and the pants sagging incident but now it appears that he may have gotten into a fight with his own mother. As in many of these types of cases the alleged victim is not asking the prosecutors not to pursue the case.

It seems like cooler heads have prevailed now and she doesn't want to see her son in trouble.
Hopefully the prosecutors can give Mr Bryant a chance and just drop the case. It would be difficult to pursue the case if the victim/witness is not cooperating with the prosecution also. If you find yourself facing a criminal charge like Dez contact a criminal defense lawyer right way. Here is the article in the KC Star.

DALLAS -- The attorney
for Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant asked prosecutors Tuesday not to
pursue charges against his client, who was arrested after allegedly
attacking his mother during an argument. "Did a family
disagreement occur? Yes," attorney Royce West said. "Did Dez Bryant
commit family violence against his mother? No."

Police arrested
Bryant on July 16, two days after his mother, Angela Bryant, called 911
to complain her son was assaulting her. Authorities said they found her
with a swollen wrist and thumb and bruising on her upper arms. Angela
Bryant allegedly told authorities Dez Bryant hit her in the face with
his ball cap and tore her shirt. On a 911 tape released by authorities, Angela Bryant is heard saying that she wanted to "put an end to it." "I can't keep letting him do this," she said on the tape.

Angela
Bryant has since submitted an affidavit asking prosecutors not to
pursue the case. Family violence is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a
year in jail and a $4,000 fine. Bryant sat next to his mother at a press conference that lasted about two minutes. Neither spoke or took questions. "I would love to make a statement, but I can't," Dez Bryant said as he left. "I can't." Instead, West read a statement calling any dispute "a family matter that can be worked out through counseling." "They ask that there not be a rush to judgment concerning their family," West said.

Prosecutors
have not announced whether they will pursue charges against Bryant and
declined comment Tuesday. The NFL and the Cowboys declined to comment. The
talented Bryant has run into trouble since before he entered the NFL.
Drafted by the Cowboys in the first round, Bryant had nearly his entire
last year of college at Oklahoma State wiped out by an NCAA suspension
for lying about having dinner with Deion Sanders. He ran up hundreds of
thousands of dollars in bills on game tickets and jewelry - and was sued
by people who said they were creditors.

Last year, he was kicked
out of an upscale Dallas mall for wearing sagging pants. In January, he
was reportedly involved in a fight with the rapper Lil Wayne at a Miami
nightclub. West has dismissed what he called Bryant's "youthful indiscretions" and said he was trying to move forward. Bryant's
Cowboys teammates have expressed support after his arrest. His coach at
Oklahoma State, Mike Gundy, said Tuesday at Big 12 Media Days that
Bryant was an "unbelievable talent" and trying to do the right thing.
"But
it saddens me to hear negative things come out about Dez, and hopefully
he can get it together," Gundy said. "When he was at Oklahoma State, we
were with him all the time every step of the way. We never really had
many issues with him."

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